Lazy Dog (bomb)
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The Lazy Dog is a type of small, unguided kinetic projectile used by the U.S. Air Force. It measured about 1.75 inches in length, 0.5 inches in diameter, and weighed about 0.7 ounces.
Two designs of the Lazy Dog bomb. (Top: early forged steel design; Bottom: later lathe-turned steel design)
World War I air-dropped flechettes, probably French.
AD-5N Skyraider, BuNo 132521, Lazy Dog dispenser, China Lake, 13 Apr 1961. Official U.S. Navy photo.
Flechette
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A flechette or fléchette is a pointed, fin-stabilized steel projectile. The name comes from French fléchette, meaning "little arrow" or "dart". They have been used as ballistic weapons since World War
Lazy Dog (bomb)
…Lazy Dog projectiles were used primarily during the Korean and the Vietnam Wars. Lazy Dog munitions had precursors in air-dropped flechettes dating from World War I. These flechettes were used as anti-personnel weapons. Lazy Dogs in their familiar form were descended from projectiles of…
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